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H. H. HUTCHINGS COMB Original Filed May 10, 1927 'Z TL.

May 28, 1929.

INVENTOR HarryJiJ-[uldzmys ATTORNEY WU'N ESSES Reiaued May 28, 1929.

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HARRY HENRY numcnnvcs, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

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' ori inal No. 1,665,134, dated April 3, 192a, sense no. 190,266, filed m y 1927.

Application for f reissue filed March 22, 1929. Serial No. 349,216.

My invention relatestoa comb, and more particularly to a comb equipped with means adapted for the drying of hair by absorbing moisture in the hair when combediand a ed also to apply oil or hair tonic. U

The general object of my invention" is to provide a comb "having embodied therein novel and effective means "for performing the functions referred-to.

- The nature-of my invention and its dis tinguisl ling, features and advantages will clearly appear; as the description proceeds.

Reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, it being understood that the drawmgs are merely illustrativeot' one example of the invention.

- I 13 adjacent the bases of the teeth. v

The passage12is produced in practice by be considerably varied. ithout departure invention as defined in absorbent cord 15,;bendingj over the material:

I of the back 10.at the sides of the my invention embodied therein;

Fig. 2 is a crosssection onthe line 2-2 ofFig.1;p i I Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 33 Figural isa side elevation ot'a'combwith ot Fig.1; k v I Fig. 4 is a section similarto Fig-3 but omitting: the absorbent element. H

In-carrying outmy'invention 1n practice, the comb is formed with aback 10 and with teeth 11 Intheback 10 is a longitudinal i v passage12 to accommodate the running of an absorbent cord 15. 1 The comb is further formed with a secondlongitudinal passage forming a longitudinal, groove in the back 10 and then, after the placingpof arun of s groove, asclearly shown in Figs. 2-to 4L.

The passage 13 is formed by producinga groove partially "in the back 10 and partial-- ly in the teeth 11, as best seen in Figs. 3

' and 4:. The'absorbentcord 1'5 is-run through the passage 12and bent on itself, as at 16,

and returned through thepassage 13. The

location of the -passage13 is such that the front run of the cord 15 will be exposed be? tween the teeth 11,. as indicated at 17 If a drycord 15 is employed, it will be 1 clearthat when'the comb is usedon the hair dapt after washing, the moisture the hair. at

be absorbed by the basesof the teeth will the exposed area 17. The cordl5 is longitudinally movable in both the-passages 12 and 13. r The. exposed areas 17 may be re. newed by a movement of the cord-longitudinally of the comb.

readily be seen that the 'inventionis neither confined to the use of the passage 12 or the particular configuration thereof as shown in the drawings, nor to-theuse ot'the invention From the foregoing specification it will with the specific cord 15 as describedand' shown. It will be understood that the es sence of the present invent on resides in the prov sion 1n a comb of a longitudinally extending passageway iormed jointly through thebases ofthe teeth and throughthe back ofthecomb; The invention is not confined to the use with this passageway of any specific element, nor is theinvention confined to r the associated longitudinal passage 12 which through I the edge thereof.

lies thereabove and has access back of the comb to the outer The invention is further not confined to the specific length of the passageway shown and the same may be terminated short, of the ends ofthe comb body it desired.

I would state furthermore that while the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I donot limit. myself strictly 'to the exact details hcrein' illustrated, since, manifestly, the same can from the spirit of the the appended claims.

- I claim:

. 1. As an article of manufacture,a combj.

having longitudinal p assages therein, through which acord may be run, one of said pas- I sagesbelng partially in the back of the comb and partially in: the teeth at the bases there- .of, and a cord in sand passages atthespaces between the teeth.

2. As "an article, otmanufacture, a comb hav ng a back and teeth termed with a groove partially in the back and partially in the;

teeth at. the base thereof, together With an absorbentcordin said grooveand lying par and exposed tially in the back of the comb and partially exposed between the teeth.

3. As an article of manufacture, a comb having a longitudinal passage therein closed 5 by the back of the comb and opening adjacentthe back between the teeth of the comb.

i. As an article of manufacture, a comb having a longitudinal passage therein closed by the back of the comb and opening adja cent the back between the teeth of the comb, 10 said passage having access through the ends of the comb.

HARRY I-I. HUTGI-IINGS. 

